Thursday, October 30, 2008

Weekend in Tennessee




My sister had her white coat ceremony for med school last weekend. We packed up the family and drove down to nowhere, Tennessee to celebrate her. The pictures pretty much tell their own story.

I cried at the ceremony (probably hormones) thinking about how proud I am of Rachel and all she's accomplishing. It's quite an honor.

The rest of the weekend was wonderful with the whole family. As you can tell, we got a little silly once in a while. :)













Sunday, October 26, 2008

Baby Excitement

As we were hanging out with the Lands last night, I realized that there were more pictures to share of our baby announcement. I had our guest shower filled with baby stuff to tell Mike we were pregnant, and I had to wait until 10:30 that night when we got home to tell him. Here are a few of the fun things to get us excited!





Boy or girl?? Mike's first two "daddy" outfits, one that's adorably pink and girly and the other that's precious and perfect for the sports loving guy he is.

And then the proud, proud grandparents! We had a few grandpa and grandma onesies for them that were wrapped under a grandchildren frame with the ultrasound photo in it. Can you tell they're excited? WE ARE TOO!!!








Tuesday, October 14, 2008

What are you doing in May 2009?


We will be welcoming a wonderful new addition to our family! Baby Mack is due to arrive May 15, 2009. Praise God!!
We are so excited to become parents and to have this precious baby in our lives. We would appreciate your prayers for the next 30 weeks. And we can't wait for you to meet who Mike has so sweetly named "Mackaveli."

Thursday, October 09, 2008

2nd Anniversary!

For our second anniversary, I surprised Mike with a weekend trip to NYC. It just so happens that our dear friends, the Shavers live in New Haven, CT, so we made it a Shaver/NYC trip! It was supposed to begin with a 15 minute train ride to the city. Turns out the drive to the train station is 15 minutes, and our train ride was 90. So we got up at 5 AM and made our way to Grand Central Station at 6:30!!


First stop: Empire State building at 8AM. NO LINES!!
View from the top.


The Macks on top of the world:


Checkin out the sights.
Next stop: World Trade Center Gallery. Incredibly moving!
Next stop: Wall Street and the NYSE. Mike's mother ship.



Trump Tower.


The bull. Even though it's a bear market. :)


Battery Park.


Biz as the statue. Pretty good, I'd say.

Next stop: Statue of liberty. (Well, we didn't really stop because we're on a whirlwind tour of NYC. But the ride was fantastic)


Lady Liberty, herself.
We DID stop at Ellis Island.


The purpose of our trip was for a Yankees game so Mike could experience Yankee Stadium before they tear it down. So, of course, we ate dinner at Mickey Mantle's restaurant. It sits at the north end of Central Park, which was perfect for our tour of the city.
So, next stop, er, looooong walk: Central Park

Pretty amazing how much we take grass for granted!

Next stop: THE BRONX!!! Here's the BRAND NEW Yankee Stadium, in all it's glory. It looks amazing, but our goal was the historic temple of baseball.
And here we are. We came an hour and a half early so we could see Memorial Park before the game, but the line was SO long, they cut the line off before we even got there.

Mike and the park.



Ah, the Yankees!

The game was a success. Yankees won, and Mike got to see a good closing pitcher pitch. Here, I had to get a classic photo of the baseball hot dog.


After the game, we had one more stop to make. So we rode the stinky, crowded subway to Times Square. Awesome at night! We stopped for a slice of NYC pizza and then ran our butts to the train station so we could make the 12:22 train. Yes, a loooooong day!

Saturday, we managed to sneak in a few hours of sleep. Then Bob and Lea showed us a beautiful tour of New Haven, took us to a lovely breakfast place, and then on a grand tour of Yale University! We ended the afternoon with a stop at the top of the city.
Thanks, Shavers, for wonderful hospitality! We had an incredible 48 hours!!
Happy 2nd Anniversary, my love! It was a crazy, wonderful trip, just like our lives!!